Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences Of
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
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John Tasshaller, one of Rock Valley,
Iowa's, foremost business men, committed
suicide by hanging. The family had gone
out for walk, he remaining at home on
the pretense Of not feeling we'll. On the
return of the family an entrance had to be
forced into the store, and there the dead
body, suspended from beam, met their
startled gaze. All attempts to resuscitate
him proved unavailing. Mr.. Tasshaller
went to Rock Valley from Petersburg, 10.
james R. Whiteley, brother Of W. N.
Whitley, the great reaper manufacturer,
committed suicide at Springfield, Ohio, by
shooting himself through the head.
"A Berlin telegram states that Crown
Prince Frederick William, in letter to
the president of the Silesian district, says
he hopes to return home in the spring with
his health restored.
Sir George Alexander Macfa7en, pro-
fessor Of music at Cambridge university
and principal of the Royal Academy of
Music, is dead.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany has decided to make n reduction of
20 per cent, beginning at once. in ten
word dispatches between New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington and Chi
cago, as we'll as St. Louis. The rate for
ten-word messages from any of those cities
and Chicago or st. Louis has been so
cents. Henceforward the same dispatch
can be sent for 40 cents. The rate 10 st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, is to be SO
cents, reduction of 10 c nts.
The appeal of VIM. O'Brien, editor OF
the United Ireland, against the sentence
of three months imprisonment imposed
upon him by the Mitchelstown court, has
been refused. On the announcement of
the decision the court room was immedi-
ately in an uproar and the people clustered
around O'Brien to prevent the officers from
arresting him. A terrible struggle took
place betw zen O'Brieu's friends and the
officers. Ladies scream d and tainted,
but the officers finally succeeded in arrest
ing him, and the latest advices from
Mitchelstown stato that the p ople are
fearfully excited over the arrest, and that
10000 persons had gathered around tho
court house aud riotng is feared.
The president received deputation
from Great Britain who desired his CO.
operation in securing treaty between
that country ana the United States, which
shall provide for the amicable settlement
of disputes by arbitration. Andrew Car
negie introduced the visitors to the presi-
dent in short address, in which he pre-
sen'ed the great importance of the
question. Right Hon. Lyon Playfair, rep
resenting the members OF parliament and
John Wilson, repre- 'enting the trade con-
gress, also made short addresses in favor
of the movem Mt.
C-NIen e1cavating on the Maysville and
Big Sandy railway, in Kentucky, opposite
Ripley, Ohio, found, few days ago, an
earthen POT containing eigh gold and
twenty silver coins. The collection is
worth about $500. The gold coins have a
figure of fish on them and the word Boli-
var. Both gold and silver coins bear the
date Of 1880.
Gov. Larrabee, of Iowa, has recon-
mended the observance of Thursday, Nov.
ember "a, as day of thanksgiving.
The city of Charleston, s. c., is hay
ing an earthquake jubilee. That city is
gaily dec Grated, and grand time is the
result.